Chris Floyd: Obama Fires Diplomat for Urging Fraud Probe in Afghan Vote

Obama Fires Diplomat for Urging Fraud Probe in Afghan Vote
Written by Chris Floyd
Wednesday, 30 September 2009 23:14

The Obama Adminstration has fired a top US diplomat at the UN for the heinous crime of insisting that the manifest and widespread fraud in the recent Afghan elections be vigorously investigated.

Peter Galbraith -- the deputy UN special envoy for electoral matters -- was technically fired by the United Nations, specifically by UN Secretary General Bai ki-Moon. But as the Guardian points out, "the recall of Galbraith would have required the agreement of the Obama administration."

Galbraith clashed with UN and US officials over his insistence that the fraudulent election of putative Afghan President Hamid Karzai be subjected to "a full and robust investigation," the Guardian notes. Galbraith had been particularly critical of a decision by the so-called Afghan Independent Election Commission to reverse an earlier decision to throw out multitudes of obviously fraudulent votes. The reversal came after heavy political pressure from Afghanistan's true masters in Washington.

As the paper notes, the sacking of Galbraith comes hard on the heels of reports that Obama and NATO have decided to keep Karzai in office -- even if the vote probe showed that he won less than 50 percent of the vote, which legally would require a run-off with his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah.

In other words, the White House has decided to bite the bullet and keep the corrupt and ineffectual oil man that George W. Bush installed in office over the conquered land -- no matter what the Afghan voters might want. And Galbraith's continued insistence on actually investigating the vote fraud -- which mirrors almost exactly the manipulations in Iran over which Obama and his war partners shed so many salt tears scant weeks ago -- is now highly inconvenient. And so he is out.

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"Peter Galbraith -- the deputy UN special envoy for electoral matters -- was technically fired by the United Nations, specifically by UN Secretary General Bai ki-Moon".

Difficult to take the article seriously when you present it with that subject line. :eyes:

I will admit that there has been some change under this "new" administration, but let's face facts they could do so much more.

But maybe some things don't ever change, like the hue and cry that went on over the Iranian "elections", and the "let's sit back and do nothing" regarding the Afghan elections.

It just goes to show that no matter who's in the White House, the US still practices a double standard. It's okay for our puppets to pad the ballot boxes in their favor, but for our adversaries and potential enemies not so much.

Go ahead support old crooked Karzai the Mayor of Kabul, and condemn Iran, not much change there!!!